Elkjøp-ligaen (Eliteserien i håndball for menn)Official league homepage is the premier men's professional handball league for Norwegian handball clubs. It is administered by the Norwegian Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Norwegian champions. It was established in 1966, and it is currently contested by fourteen teams. Sandefjord TIF, is the championship's most successful team with nine titles, followed by Oppsal and Elverum with six titles. Elverum is also the most successful in the playoffs with 11 titles.
Starting with the 2023–2024 season, the league expanded from 12 to 14 teams.Utvider REMA 1000-ligaen til 14 lag" , Elverum is the defending champion.
Team Location Arena Finished pos.in last seasonBergen Håndball Bergen Haukelandshallen 2nd (in 1. divisjon) Bækkelaget HE Oslo Bækkelagshallen 10thDrammen HK Drammen Drammenshallen 4thElverum Håndball Elverum Terningen Arena Fjellhammer IL Lørenskog Lørenskoghallen 6thHalden Topphåndball Halden Remmenhallen 8thHaslum HK Bærum Nadderud Arena 12thKolstad Håndball Trondheim Kolstad Arena Kristiansand Topphåndball Kristiansand Aquarama 7thNærbø IL Nærbø Sparebanken Vest Arena 5thRunar Sandefjord Sandefjord Runarhallen Sandnes Håndballklubb Sandnes Sandneshallen 8thTIF Viking Bergen Åsane Arena 1st (in 1. divisjon) ØIF Arendal Elite Arendal Sparebanken Sør Amfi 9th
List of champions The complete list of the Norwegian handball champions since 1968.
Season Gold Silver Bronze 1965-66FredensborgArildNordstrand1966-67FredensborgOSIArild1967-68OSIBSIFredensborg1968-69BSIOSIBækkelaget1969-70OSIArildOppsal1970-71OppsalFredensborgNordstrand1971-72OppsalFredensborgArild1972-73OppsalRefstadFredensborg1973-74RefstadFredensborgOppsal1974-75FredensborgOppsalRefstad1975-76OppsalRefstadFredensborg1976-77RefstadOppsalNordstrand1977-78OppsalRefstadFredensborg1978-79RefstadOppsalFredensborg/Ski1979-80OppsalKristiansandSverresborg IF1980-81NordstrandFredensborg/SkiKristiansand1981-82Fredensborg/SkiNordstrandFjellhammer IL1982-83KolbotnFredensborg/SkiOppsal1983-84KolbotnFjellhammer ILFredensborg/Ski1984-85UræddKolbotnFredensborg/Ski1985-86StavangerFredensborg/SkiUrædd1986-87StavangerUræddBækkelaget1987-88UræddStavangerBækkelaget1988-89StavangerUræddKragerø1989-90StavangerRunarSandefjord1990-91SandefjordStavangerRunar1991-92UræddStavangerViking1992-93SandefjordUræddRunar1993-94RunarSandefjordKragerø1994-95RunarDrammenElverum1995-96RunarStavangerDrammen1996-97DrammenVikingSandefjord1997-98VikingSandefjordRunar1998-99SandefjordVikingRunar1999-00RunarSandefjordViking2000-01SandefjordDrammenRunar2001-02SandefjordRunarDrammen2002-03SandefjordStavanger HåndballRunar2003-04SandefjordDrammenHaslum2004-05SandefjordHaslumFyllingen2005-06SandefjordDrammenVestli2006-07DrammenSandefjordHaslum2007-08DrammenRunarHaslum2008-09FyllingenHaslumDrammen2009-10DrammenElverumRunar2010-11HaslumElverumDrammen2011-12HaslumElverumDrammen2012-13ElverumHaslumBSK/NIF2013-14HaslumElverumBækkelaget2014-15ØIF ArendalBodøHaslum2015-16ØIF ArendalHaslumElverum2016-17ElverumBækkelagetHaslum2017-18ElverumDrammenØIF Arendal2018-19ØIF ArendalElverumDrammen2019-20ElverumØIF ArendalDrammen2020-21ElverumØIF ArendalDrammen2021-22ElverumDrammenRunar2022-23KolstadElverumRunar2023-24KolstadElverumRunar2024-25ElverumKolstadRunar2025-26ElverumKolstadBergen Håndball
EHF coeffecient rank EHF league ranking for 2022/23 season:
15. (15) Quickline Handball League (31.40) 16. (18) Superleague (30.60) 17. (16) REMA 1000-ligaen (30.50) 18. (17) Niké Handball Extraliga (20.40) 19. (20) ZTE Meisterliga (17.75)
Names of the competition 1965–1972: Hovedserien 1972–1993: 1. divisjon 1993–1997: Eliteserien 1997–2005: GildeserienArticle confirming the name Gildeserien 2005–2007: Eliteserien 2007–2014: Postenligaen, after Posten NorgeArticle introducing the new league (name), Postenligaen 2014–2017: GRUNDIGligaen, after Grundig 2017–2019: EliteserienBack to basic with "Eliteserien" (in English: The Elite series) 2019–2026: REMA 1000-ligaen, after REMA 1000Eliteserien i håndball blir REMA 1000-ligaen" 2026–: Elkjøp-ligaen, after Elkjøp
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External links Official website